saw blade through prison even through metal detectors, and none of that shocked me thomas. not at all. we know they were on the honor block in clinton correctional facility, which has been deemed more like a block party at all times for the people that are incarcerated there. what s the incentive do you think, larry, for sweat to be talking right now, whether he s se dated and feeling like he can sing or whether he s not? isn t there some benefit to him being cooperative? i really don t think there is when you get down to it. if he tells and squeals on guards in that prison or any prison, that will follow him whatever prison he goes to. right now he s a rock star in the prison system as getting a way with the inmates and everyone else and now he won t be a rock star because telling is telling. and, you know, in prison that s not what he s got. what is he going to get, a couple extra milks? he s going to be in lockdown whatever facility he goes to which is not going to be clinton. i
this? i didn t see anything about roll call training okay. when the officers assemble at roll call one of my big pet peeves is suicide prevention and escape prevention. on the midnight tour your best friend is your flashlight. you ve got to go by those cells and check for signs of life. you can bring in all the superintendents in the world. if the officers cannot doing what they are supposed to do what good is it? which is apparently precisely when they chose to ditch their cells on this honor block when these guards were apparently asleep. absolutely. you can t reinvent the wheel here. it sounds good. we will bring in a new superintendent but, you know, the first line is the officer. the second line is the sergeant you know. they are supposed to be conducting tours of inspection at frequent intervals every half hour in new york city. supposed to have a flashlight with them okay and then you have the sergeant or in the city we have the correct captain. that individual comes back
fallout, jason, at the prison as a result. tell us about that? reporter: yeah, an on going investigation that s been taking place now. there s been some allegations that promise some of the prison guards on the honor block were sleeping when they should have been checking on inmates. they re going to be looking into that. so far, as a result, 12 employees have been placed on administrative leave, including the prison superintendent and his deputy. and the investigation is still not over. jason carroll reporting for us. i want to bring in a former inmate at the clinton correctional facility. 12 employees were placed on paid administrative leave today. does the extent of that surprise you? no, no at all, don. there s a big probable here.
between that manhole and the tunnel system. it certainly says a lot about security in the honor block and the prison itself. the question is 12 people who had the duty of keeping this sort of thing from happening, how did they let this happen? they were put on forced leave including the summit and his deputy. and that s not all. we re also learning how long in the making and digging this escape may actually have been. what have you heard about how long they were doing this? it s really interesting. we re at the time line. investigators believe matt and sweat were gathering information about hunting cabins and terrain in that area for more than a year. eight months ago, it was the first time that corrections officer gene palmer brought in a screwdriver and needle point pliers and brought the men in the back of the cat walk. so all of this was so carefully orchestrated.
if he was dressed to be hidden there in the woods. he was a man who lived a very, very violent life and he came to a violent end. thank you, jason, for that. a stung shake-up in prison leadership. three top clinton correctional officials are now on paid leave, along with nine members of the security staff. we are also hearing from the brother of the sheriff s deputy murdered by david sweat. he is furious at all of the privileges that sweat had in the prison s honor block. we were told he would look at cells, the cell the whole time. and that is all he would ever do is look at a cell, look at walls and come out for half an hour a day, you know, an put in a cage like a dog, which he is. he was able to use computer and talk to his friend and relatives and people come and see him and that really ate us up on that. lawyer for joyce mitchell is